List of “Must” study for PubAd prelims

The following is the list of materials which one should be thoroughly prepared for PubAd prelims . One needs to be thorough with definitions/ statements and meanings of statements of Thinkers . For eg If you know “Acess to Boss” was concept forwarded by Urwick , its not enought ..you should be able to identitfy that “Acess to boss ” was framed by Urwick in refrence to describe factors acffecting span of control and under “Space” . Such a clarity can come only by repeated repeition .

This list is complete . In the sense any serious Pub Ad student is expected to follow and is followed by Mohanty , Manocha or Brain Tree .

1> LakshmiKanth — complete

2> Stephen Robbins [ 9th edition . Not latest ]. Chapters to be read

Decision Making — Pg No ( 84-94) .

Motivation —- ( 97 -112)

Motivation from Comcept to Application — ( 118 -120)

Emotional Intelligence —-[144]

Group Decision Making Techniques –[165]

Commmunication –[186-199]

Leadership –[203-216]

Foundations of Org Structure [257-273]

3> Nicholas Henry [ 10th Edition]

Chptr 2 ,3,4,5,6,8,9,10

4> Mohit Bhattacharya

Minnowbrook II , Public Choice Approach and Public Service —- (19-28)

privitisation Movement –(39-41)

Gender Issues in Bureaucracy –(89-90)

Neo Human Relations and Tech (94-110)

Models of Public Policy ( 125-140)

NPM ( 387-404)

Post Modernisation and Pub Ad–(449)

5> India Year Book

Polity

Ministry and Dept

All India Services

CAG

Admin Reforms and public Greviance

Election Commison

2. Ministry of Defence

Defence Undertakings

3. Ministry Of Finance

Public Debt , Pension Reforms , Controller General of Accounts

4. Justice and Law

Lok Adalats and enforcement Agencies

5. Labour

Employee Provident Fund Scheme

6 . Welfare

National Commision for Women

For Prelims this is the exhaustive List . So if you are thorough with these then you are bound to clear PubAd in prelims . The stratergy for mains is a bit different . However the reading which you have put in the prelims is not going to be waste , the infos should be organised in a bit diff manner . So All the best .

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